34 schools shut as Sg Kim Kim chemical disaster worsens
The education minister says the Sg Kim Kim chemical disaster is becoming critical, after more students were sent to hospital due to breathing difficulties. – The Malaysian Insight pic, March 13, 2019.
THIRTY-FOUR schools have been ordered shut following a chemical waste dump in Pasir Gudang’s Sg Kim Kim, as more students are sent to hospital after inhaling toxic fumes. Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik, who was in the area yesterday, said he spent half the day visiting victims at Sultan Ismail Hospital and the disaster operations room in Taman Pasir Putih.
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